Quotation

Laotong: Aunt: Girls, you have a lot to learn about laotong commitment. See, marriages used to be made for men's reasons. To form business alliances, to manage households, to produce sons. And they were obligatory. A laotong's commitment was for women's reasons, by choice. For companionship, understanding and happiness. What you're signing today is a symbol of your deep-hearted love for each other. === Nu shu is a secret language between women. It is personal, between you and your laotong. That is why you learn it together. So you will know what is in her heart. === The message: The world is always changing. Every day it's changing. Everything in life is changing. We have to look inside ourselves to find what stays the same...such as loyalty...our shared history...and love for each other. In them, the truth of the past lives on. === added modern day drama: ...i will never leave you. Never again. And we will be sisters for 10,000 years.